Mel Sampat was a former Program Manager at Microsoft where he worked on the Windows Mobile team from December 2005 to April 2010. He was a frequent contributor on the Windows Mobile Team Blog, and a speaker at Microsoft's worldwide developer conferences. Since leaving Microsoft, Sampat has been involved with various mobile app startups. Sampat was the original author of OutSync, a free Windows application that helps users sync photos of their Microsoft Outlook contacts from Facebook.